{"id":4154,"date":"2022-12-19T02:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T02:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/adppa-and-twitter-eight-questions-and-an-elephant\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T02:53:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T02:53:40","slug":"adppa-and-twitter-eight-questions-and-an-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/adppa-and-twitter-eight-questions-and-an-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"ADPPA and Twitter: eight questions and an elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please share your perspectives in the Nexus of Privacy Dreamwidth community<\/a>, on Mastodon at mastodon.social<\/a> or on Twitter<\/a> (unless we get suspended for having a Mastodon link in our profile \ud83e\udd23)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“One effective tactic we’ve used to cut through the complexity of the legislation is to focus on real-world privacy abuses. \u00a0How effective will proposed legislation actually be at stopping them? \u00a0If it falls short, how can it be strengthened?”<\/p>\n

\u2013 Three lessons from \u201cthe other Washington\u201d<\/a>, June 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With only a few days left before Congress wraps up for the year, it\u2019s hard to know what\u2019s up with the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) consumer privacy bill. The situation hasn’t changed since ADPPA and a \u201ccoordinated effort\u201d not to mention the elephant<\/a>: ADPPA has no chance to go forward in the House unless the roadblock over its preemption of current and future state and local privacy laws is resolved. \u00a0Even if that happens, ADPPA still has a big problem in the Senate where Senators Maria Cantwell and Ron Wyden have criticized it as too weak. Still, ADPPA\u2019s supporters continue to express confidence, and Big Tech has a track record of late-in-sessions shenanigans … so we shall see. As we say here in “the other Washington”, it ain\u2019t over til it\u2019s over<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if ADPPA doesn\u2019t move forward in the lame duck session it will be back next year \u2013 and as Laying the groundwork for 2023?<\/a> discusses, it’ll influence state legislation as well. \u00a0ADPPA\u2019s supporters admit that it’s a flawed bill, so whether it\u2019s before a last-minute lame duck vote in Congress, or as starting the prep for next year, it’s worth looking at where it falls short and should be strengthened.<\/p>\n

Recent events at Twitter provide some clear examples of what\u2019s at stake with real-world privacy-abuses to test how effective ADPPA is going to be in practice. For example, consider the issue Sara Morrison explored in What happens to your Twitter data when Elon takes over<\/a>: Twitter doesn\u2019t ever actually delete your private messages, even if you delete your account.[1] \u00a0This leads to some very concrete questions to evaluate how effective the bill is:<\/p>\n